Land where the blues began

Duration: 58

Year Published: 1979

Creator: phoenix/bfa

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A documentary, shot on location, dealing with the cultural, social and musical origins of the blues in the Mississippi Delta. Parallels made between African forms and present-day Delta songs and dances, with commentary by Blacks of the area. Visits rural dances, scenes of work, honkey-tonks, storytelling sessions and revivals. , Alan Lorax hosts a celebration of the birth of the blues in Mississippi farms, rivers, railroads, and levees, as black pioneers speak and sing of their experiences.

Complete Record: A documentary, shot on location, dealing with the cultural, social and musical origins of the blues in the Mississippi Delta. Parallels made between African forms and present-day Delta songs and dances, with commentary by Blacks of the area. Visits rural dances, scenes of work, honkey-tonks, storytelling sessions and revivals. , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.